The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

5.
Ieges, unless the Legislature of such
State or Territory shall otherwise
direct"
"Section s. That in States having
colleges entitled under this section
to the benefits of this Act and having
also agricultural experiment stations
established by law separate from said
colleges, such States shall be au-
thorized to spply such benefits to
experiments at stations so estab-
lished by such States; and in case
any State shall have established
under the provisions of said Act of
July 2, aforesaid, an agricultural
department or experimental station
in connection with an university,
college or institution not distinctly
an agricultural college or school, and
such State shall have established or
shall hereafter establish separate
agricultural college or school, which
shall have connected Herewith an
experimental farm or station, the
Legislature of such State may ap.
ply in whole or in part the appro-
priation by this Act made to such
separate agricultural college or
school, and no Legislature shall by
contract, express or implied, disable
itself from so doing"
Section directs the appropriation
to be made to "any college or colleges
or agricultural departments of COL
leges," and Section 8 adds that in
caoe there be a separate agricultural
experimental station the Legislature
is authorized (not required) to apply
the fund to it. And in case a sepa-
rate agricultural college shall be
thereafter established the Legisla-
ture may appropriate the whole or =
part of the money to such college.
This extract shows that there is
no warrant whatever for the state.
ment that a separate agricultural COL
lege is a prerequisite for an appro-
priation. The State of New York
which has a separate experimental
station, and an agricultural annex
to Cornell University, has just by
Act of the Legislature given the ap-
preparation to Cornell. The Hatch
Act is therefore removed from the
arena of debate.
Mr.. H. Thomas of Wedgefeld, in
letter to the News and Courier,
dated april 2s, 1887, said: Now if
this county is an average, then out
of the $4,000 appropriated Ito the
College and CitadeD the farmers pay
100000 a year to educate lawyers,
doctors, preachers and soldiers, while
nowhere in the State can q farmers
boy get practical agricultural and
mechanical education"
Sumter County is not an average,
and the farmers do not pay three.
fourths of the State taxes. If they
did no one would grudge them the
hard.earned wealth that these taxes
represent; and, besides, it makes lit
tie difference what class pays the
most taxes 50 long as each individ.
uaI bears his just burdens for the
State is an aggregation Of indebted
ness not of classes. But when such
statement forms the justification Of
the charge that the farmers are
swindled, it should not be made un.
| less known to be true.
The report of the comptroller gen.
eral for last year (page 1907 gives a
statement of the State taxes, the only
source from which comes the sppro-
priations for the College and the
Citadel. From this report is taken
the following summary:
Total State funds from taxa
ton, royalty, licenses, &C.. s766,3l2
Taxes paid by railroads, real
estate in cities and towns,
personality in Charleston
and Columbia. ...... $20S,9JS
Phosphate royalties. 10000
| License fees. 4,59o 4o9,9o7
| Bal. from all other sources, 1896, ,4Oo
This balance, about 40 per cent OF
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